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farmer of 242 acres should not only ill-cultivate 

 his farm, but that he should not take the 

 trouble, when hay stood at famine prices, to 

 thatch even one of his four stacks of hay. Nor 

 does it seem credible that a tenant of a farm of 

 262 acres in Glamorganshire, which was de- 

 scribed as " thoroughly foul," should allow his 

 stock to wander at their own sweet will from 

 field to field damaging growing crops. Yet 

 we have it on the word of the Ministry of 

 Agriculture. 



The northern farmer apparently is a more 

 stubborn monarch to deal with than his 

 negligent and incompetent brother of the 

 South. "This farm," reports the Journal, 

 " was in a notoriously dilapidated condition, 

 neither the owner nor the occupier (both of 

 whom resided in the farmhouse) being capable 

 of farming it properly. The service of Cultiva- 

 tion Notices had not the slightest effect, although 

 the tenant was prosecuted and fined for negli- 

 gence. The Committee also made unsuccessful 

 efforts to persuade the owner to let the farm to 

 a capable tenant, and finally, with the approval 

 of the Ministry, took possession of the land and 

 began to cultivate it, the owner and occupier 

 being left in possession of the farmhouse. The 

 owner and occupier obstructed the Committee 

 and threatened violence, and for this they were 

 summoned and each fined £2$ and £\o costs. 

 The land has now been let by the Committee 



